Tiger-pie Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Miniter is greeted by Toran (Captain) Mohammed Agha
Tiger-pie Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 The Minister addresses the troops as Keith Payne VC and Brigadier Caligari look on.
Tiger-pie Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Keith Payne VC describes his experiances of mentoring local troops in Vietnam.
Tiger-pie Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Keith Payne VC takes a moment with WO2 George Phillips and Lance Corporal Scott Tampalini. Both are members of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force.
Tiger-pie Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Minister for Defence speaks with WO2 George Phillips and Sgt. Adam West about their mentoring of local Afghan troops.
Tiger-pie Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 A security detail keeps watch as the Minister and Keith Payne land at Patrol Base Buman
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 Munitions sweep through a village. Engineers investgate a dwelling after a search with a mine detector.
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 An engineer checks a suspisous area with a mine detector.
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 Paydirt! Cases of munitions had been hidden in a wall of a dwelling.
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 A soldier holds up an AK-47 round for inspection.
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 Out in the compound further munitions have been located, more small arm ammunition and RPG rockets.
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 The find is layed out for cataloguing. They will destroyed in a more isolated location.
Tiger-pie Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 A member of the Afghan army looks on as the engineers make a final check to ensure they have found all munitions in this section. The trooper in the forground inspects a 12.7mm round.
censlenov Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Getting those RPG's out of Taliban hands is a great days work. Excellent Job and as we say in the CF Combat Enginees CHIMO!!!CheersChris
Tiger-pie Posted May 31, 2009 Author Posted May 31, 2009 Getting those RPG's out of Taliban hands is a great days work. Excellent Job and as we say in the CF Combat Enginees CHIMO!!!CheersChrisSome of them look pretty well stuffed. I'm not sure they would have function. I suppose that they could have been rigged to make IED's, so having them out of circulation is a good thing.
Tiger-pie Posted June 2, 2009 Author Posted June 2, 2009 Outside the village a security cordon waits in position.
Tiger-pie Posted June 2, 2009 Author Posted June 2, 2009 Even the boss likes to get out of the office occasionally.
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